The GMB and the T&G unions, which represent thousands of council employees, have agreed to unite in a campaign to defend local authority staff pensions.
Last week the Government announced changes to civil service pensions which will see final salary schemes replaced by a career average pension.
The local government unions are now gearing up for industrial action in the New Year over the Government’s proposals to reduce pension benefits for council employees.
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Brian Strutton, GMB national secretary for public services, said it is a myth that council staff enjoy “gold-plated pensions” and said they are in fact some of the lowest paid workers in the country.
“If the Government cuts council pensions any further, the tax-payer will have to pay the cost of a generation of pensioner paupers,” he said.
